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AntibioticsDrugPhase 4

What this study is

To find out whether oral antibiotics given after transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery for pituitary adenoma improves sinus and nasal symptoms, reduces the incidence of infection (sinusitis), and helps mucosal healing in the nasal passages.

What's being tested

  • Placebo

    Intervention · DRUG

    PO BID placebo for 7 days. Postoperative days 1 through 7: patients will administer saline spray (e.g., Ocean nasal spray) to both nostrils four times daily. Postoperative days 8 through 30: patients will begin twice daily sinus irrigation rinse (e.g., Neti-pot) until day 30. After day 30, patients will perform sinus irrigation as needed. If a patient is unable to tolerate nasal rinses, saline spray can be used as an alternative.

  • Oral Antibiotics cefdinir or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

    Intervention · DRUG

    Oral antibiotics (cefdinir [Omnicef®] 300 mg PO BID or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole [Bactrim DS™] PO BID for cephalosporin intolerant patients) for 7 days.Postoperative days 1 through 7: patients will administer saline spray (e.g., Ocean nasal spray) to both nostrils four times daily. Postoperative days 8 through 30: patients will begin twice daily sinus irrigation rinse (e.g., Neti-pot) until day 30. After day 30, patients will perform sinus irrigation as needed. If a patient is unable to tolerate nasal rinses, saline spray can be used as an alternative.

Study details

Official title
A Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Study Evaluating the Impact of Prophylactic Oral Antibiotics on Sinonasal Outcomes Following Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Lesions
Sponsor
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix
Conditions
Antibiotics · Pituitary Adenoma
Enrolling
116 people
Starts
2017-07-01
Est. completion
2019-07
Design
Double-blind, randomized, parallel groups, Phase 4
Record
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